Some people longer than others. What we do with the time is something we often do not think about until it is either slipping away or has gone for those we love. Not everyone is going to be noble prize winner, not everyone will be a famous actor, not everyone will climb Mt. Everst, not everyone will accomplish great things. I am still trying to process the loss of my mother and I do not think the emotions have set in. I do not know how this grieving process goes, but I am good at denial. For some time the distance shielded me from the reality, but I must face what is here.

Spring is in the air and you can smell the fresh cut grass. Ok so I cant smell the grass yet, and it is still a bit chilly, but baseball is here and that is all good. This was the first and only shot I got of Roman at his first baseball game. I was not in the mood to shoot. I have been in a rut lately. If you read my other social media feeds, then you know why. I am waiting at the airport right now and decided I would post this picture. When I took it I did not even look at it. I forgot to format my card and there was a whole bunch of old pics from a few weeks ago. I was getting ready to just format it, but decided to look at this picture. It is actually a cool shot. He was still just warming up, but he is in good form. I am proud of my son. I know we push him a lot and he does well in school and he is a good kid. I could not ask for a better son. Everyone always tells me how good of an athlete he is. Hopefully I get my butt in gear this year and get some good shots of him.

Carlos

Since the kids were off from school we decided to take a little trip to DC. I had to come to DC for business so it was a combo trip. The wife and kids spent some time site seeing while I worked. They had this Revolutionary War reenactment in Alexandria. It was our first time at a reenactment. We have seen some guys shoot off muskets at Valley Forge, but no canons or drums and the whole regalia.

I am just posting a few, but you can go visit my flikr feed for the rest of the pics from the reenactment. I am sure my wife will upload pics from the trip to her facebook, but I did not get to take too many pics. Well unless you want to see networking equipment…

Carlos

One of the thing I love about where I live right now is that we can just drive a few mins and we can walk down some beautiful trails. You could walk all the way to Philly if you wanted to. I love the outdoors and I wish I could be out more often. A couple of weekends ago, the PA winter was quite mild so we decided to go for a walk. I had passed this section of trails a million times. My wife works in Oaks and we go out that way a lot. We had been to Valley Forge and walked around there and we have been to some state parks and I have seen some really nice trails. This trail is not spectacular, but it is nice enough.

Trail along 422

There were actually 2 birds

It was a nice walk. Towards the end it began to cool down. Pauline tried out her new scooter. The rest of us just walked.

Carlos

Just a raw shot of the fireworks in King of Prussia. This was the 4th of July fireworks show in 2011. I attempted to d… I am not sure what I was attempting to say just now. I started on this post and then I am sure I had to do something else and forgot what I was going to say. For you young people out there, this will happen to you some day. You will be writing something, get distracted, then come back a day or 2 later and not remember what you wanted to say.

Carlos

At least I am posting my second post in 2012 in the same month as the first. In solidarity with other freedom of the internet nerds I will also black out this post. I think we really need to keep an eye on our politicians and legislators. We might think things are small and meaningless, but remember that is how you move a mountain, one shovel at a time!

Carlos

Ok here is my attempt at a New Year’s resolution. Of course I am going to try to exercise more, and be nicer, and work harder. I do not even consider those resolutions. I am going to make a resolution to post more picture to my blog. I will take more new photos and try to rejuvenate my creative bone. Or is it a gland? Whatever it is, I am going to try to tap it more this year. I will pull out some stuff from the archives, but either way I am going to post more to this blog. I will start with this shot that I took from the 21st floor of the Hyatt at Penn’s Landing. I photographed a wedding there on New Year’s Eve. It was fun and the bride and groom were very nice and easy going. So Happy New Year’s to everyone and may 2012 bring you everything you need and want.

The Sun was being shy!

Carlos

I took this at the Ace Hardware in Somerset. I went to play some tennis with my wife’s uncle, but he had no balls. I mean he had no tennis balls. It was fun. Where else but in a small town will you find tennis balls in a hardware store? I do not think they have them at Lowes! I guess the thing I miss most about Texas are the small towns. There is just so much space.

Maybe I should rearrange these, but I wont. This is actually from the shuttle ride to the Philly airport. I normally use Wally park when I travel either for business or for pleasure. It is nice to just relax a little before you have to drive home. The drivers are always nice and they are pretty quick. It is more expensive than the economy lot, but I have tried that and I do not mind paying more!

No this is not Thanksgiving dinner, this is just some BBQ from Bill Miller’s BBQ. Basically a fast food BBQ place. My sister in law works there and my sister worked there for like a day! She could not cut the mustard and she quit. The food is good. They have these cheapo brownies that are not really very good, but we all love them. The best thing I guess is that when you eat there they have all you can eat pickles, onions, bread, sour cream, and butter. You know the stuff you need to accessorize your BBQ.

Here is a shot of my backyard. I do miss my backyard. I did not do much this time I was down. We burned some of the fallen branches and I had to do some minor repairs, but it was nice to be out there. I wanted to cut some trees up, but I was just being lazy. I did not get a chance to hunt, but I left all my firearms at home anyway. I did get to hang out with some friends, but not everyone. Remember if anyone is ever in Philly, give me a call.

This was the best picture I took while I was down there. Not because it is a good pic, but the story behind this picture. I have no idea who this guy is that I took a picture with. We had gone out to celebrate my wife and her friends birthday. We were staying down town that night so I let loose and drank way more than I should have. I do remember almost everything. I do remember that at some point in the night this guy and his friends bought me a beer. They said it was because I looked so much like one of their relatives, a brother, cousin or something. So I went over to talk to them. They bought me a beer right. The least I could do was chat with them for a bit. That night was fun. Thanks to our compadres who made it special.

So here are some photos that I took with the Droid Bionic. I am not gonna pull any punches and just say that the camera sucks. The only saving grace is the panorama feature. The field of view is too narrow, the colors are just way off. The flash makes the pictures too glarey. So I will return this to verizon and say thanks for letting me test it. I would recommended it for some one that wants an android device. It is one of the nicer devices I have tested.

The flickr embed is not working right now I will fix it later…

The video quality is ok, but the colors just change for no reason in particular. Here is a video I took of my son at his baseball game. See for yourself.

Carlos

I am really starting to love this swype feature!